Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

opine

 

to hold or express an opinion

 

As always when the Thanksgiving dinner was finished, the men opined they would watch a football game on TV, which meant they could be expected to nap for an hour or so.

 

Related English words: opinion, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned

 

Latin root words: opinor, opinari, opinatus sum - to be of the opinion; to; opinio, opinionis, f. - opinion, supposition suppose, conjecture; opinatio, opinationis, f. - conjecture; opinator, opinatoris, m. - conjecturer

 

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